Poverty 📍

This year marks 50 years since the assassination of Martin Luther King and the rise of the Poor People's Campaign. I really did not understand the disorder, chaos and traffic jams brought over Downtown Albany this afternoon when hundreds of people sat down and blocked the intersection of South Swan and Washington Avenue this afternoon. At first I was angry about the chaos brought upon our city by the protests and buses forced to turn around, but the truth is I can understand the necessity of raising the visibility of the poor and plight they face every day.

"Eugene Johnson purchased two loaves of bread and batteries for his flashlight. Those are his supplies in preparation for Hurricane Irma."

"I'm on fixed income," said Johnson. "This hit me out of the blue. I had to pay my rent, my electricity bill and stuff like that."